palliative

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Synonyms: palliate, palative, palliation, palliatives, palliating, allative

Antonyms: palliate, palative, palliation, palliatives, palliating, allative

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Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|mitigating}} Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
2. {{senseid|en|medicine}} {{lb|en|medicine}} Minimising the progression of a [[disease]] and relieving [[undesirable]] [[symptoms]] for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually [[incurable]]) disease.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|medicine}} Something that [[palliate]]s, particularly a palliative [[medicine]].

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